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Monday, July 14, 2014

two landscape watercolors

Watercolor landscapes by Polly Jones

Hello again. I hope all is well with you! I've been away for a couple of months. My husband was one of the art professors with a college study abroad group and I was able to tag along on a wonderful trip. We were based in Oxford, England and Scandicci, Italy and our time was spent museum hopping and painting.

I'll be sharing a few pieces from the trip over the next few days. Above are watercolors I did in Oxford. The first was the view across the street from the house we stayed in. The second was done in University Parks from a bench that J.R. Tolkein frequented. Watercolor is not my favorite way to paint but it's growing on me.

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But what happens when we live God's way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard—things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things and people. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments, not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely. Galatians 5: 22-23